EP0073117A3 - Optical fiber connectors with automatic supply of index matching fluid and reservoirs for same - Google Patents

Optical fiber connectors with automatic supply of index matching fluid and reservoirs for same Download PDF

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EP0073117A3
EP0073117A3 EP82304168A EP82304168A EP0073117A3 EP 0073117 A3 EP0073117 A3 EP 0073117A3 EP 82304168 A EP82304168 A EP 82304168A EP 82304168 A EP82304168 A EP 82304168A EP 0073117 A3 EP0073117 A3 EP 0073117A3
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reservoirs
optical fiber
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index matching
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James Francis Ryley, Jr.
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Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp
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TRW Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3809—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs without a ferrule embedding the fibre end, i.e. with bare fibre end
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/381—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres
    • G02B6/3818—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss type
    • G02B6/382—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss type with index-matching medium between light guides
EP82304168A 1981-08-20 1982-08-06 Optical fiber connectors with automatic supply of index matching fluid and reservoirs for same Expired EP0073117B1 (en)

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US294693 1981-08-20
US06/294,693 US4448483A (en) 1981-08-20 1981-08-20 Optical fiber connectors with automatic supply of index matching fluid and reservoirs for same

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EP0073117A3 true EP0073117A3 (en) 1984-03-28
EP0073117B1 EP0073117B1 (en) 1988-01-27

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US (1) US4448483A (en)
EP (1) EP0073117B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS5865405A (en)
CA (1) CA1205991A (en)
DE (1) DE3278048D1 (en)

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SIEMENS FORSCHUNGS- UND ENTWICKLUNGSBERICHTE, vol. 2, no. 4, 1973, pages 204-205, Berlin, DE. *

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DE3278048D1 (en) 1988-03-03
JPS5865405A (en) 1983-04-19

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